Puppies

A mother dog teaches the puppies in the litter manners, respect, social skills, and proper etiquette, along with many other valuable lessons. A puppy should never be taken away from its mother before the age of

7-8 weeks

5-6 weeks

8–9 weeks

4-5 weeks

Dogs can only become pregnant when they are in heat.

A tan pregnant dog with a big belly standing up

True

False

Puppies are born deaf. At what age do they begin to hear?

A small gray, thick coated dog with fluffy drop ears sitting down with music notes behind her on top of a blue background

3 weeks

2 days

3 days

6 weeks

How many months is a female dog pregnant before giving birth?

A Mini Fox Terrier laying on her side showing a big pregnant belly

1 month

2 months

6 months

4 months

At what age do puppies first begin to explore their surroundings?

3 months

1 month old

At birth

1 week

Puppies are born with their eyes open

A drawing of a small brown puppy with a tan patch around one eye and at the tip of her tail curled up in a purple dog bed

True

False

What is the record for the largest litter of Chihuahua puppies?

A drawing of 15 tan Chihuahua puppies

14

6

7

11

At what age do puppies begin to respond to voices, sounds and recognize different people?

4 months old

2 weeks old

At birth

1 month old

Most mother dogs stop taking care of their puppies by the age of

6 months

3 months

1 year

7 weeks

Puppies are born deaf

A drawing of a gray puppy with a white blaze and white tipped paws laying down wearing headphones

True

False